A VERY SHABBY COUP

THE shocked faces of the young people who had voted Liberal Democrat said it all. Watching Question Time last night, it was clear that Simon Hughes's disingenuous prattle was doing little to assuage the rage of the idealistic kids who had thought that in voting Lib dem they were voting for change.
To hear Hughes dismissing the abandonment of core LibDem policies as a necessary "concession" with a quite breathtaking lack of shame, was a revolting sight. And this is someone on the "left" of the Party. "New politics?" Oh please.
The Libservatives are now trying to stitch up a deal whereby a 55 per cent Parliamentary majority is needed to get rid of them. Shameless, undemocratic, inexcusable stuff worthy of North Korea. Word is already it will get kicked out into the long grass by angry MPs. Let's hope so as the arrogance and smugness of this marriage made in political hell is already too much to bear. The only good news is that 10,000 people joined the Labour Party this week.